Earlier this week, three jurors spoke out about their experience during the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. Now another juror is speaking out about his time, too.
Clancy was on trial for the murder of her three young children, with the defense arguing she was not criminally responsible because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.
To vote guilty, each juror would have to be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that she intentionally killed her three kids with sound mind and was not experiencing a psychotic break. This would result in Clancy spending the rest of her life in jail. To vote not guilty by reason of insanity, the jury would have to agree there was reasonable doubt and be convinced that Clancy’s actions were the result of psychosis. This would result in Clancy spending the rest of her life in a state psychiatric hospital. Neither option would have set her free.
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Ultimately, 11 out of the 12 jurors wanted to vote NOT GUILTY by reason of insanity. The lone juror who wanted a GUILTY verdict held out, though, and a mistrial was declared. What the other jury members find upsetting about his holdout i...